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thefederalist.com > 02/25/2026 > report-state-medicaid-payments-explode-as-fraud-scandals-grow

Report: State Medicaid Payments Explode, Fraud Scandals Grow

4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (785+ words) Open the Books" investigation found Pennsylvania saw Medicaid payments soar from $5.6 million to $583 million over seven years. The massive increases should be of particular interest for CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former TV personality who claimed the Keystone State…...

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thefederalist.com > 01/14/2026 > report-medicaid-paid-out-400-million-to-dead-recipients-in-just-one-year

Report: Medicaid Paid Out $400M To Dead 'Recipients' In One Year

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (221+ words) DHS identified improper Medicaid payments totaling over $408 million in just one year " and only half the payments were recovered. The ongoing scandal regarding Minnesota's welfare-industrial complex demonstrates the extent to which government-created graft has "hidden" in front of the nation's…...

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thefederalist.com > 12/22/2025 > the-health-care-industrial-complex-is-lying-about-obamacare-premiums-doubling-and-they-know-it

Obamacare Premiums Aren't Doubling, No Matter What Media Say

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (487+ words) [health insurance form with pen and glasses on table]Many reporters have taken KFF's claim that 'premium payments will double' to mean that total 'premiums will double,' but that's just not true. Many reporters have taken KFF's claim that "premium…...

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thefederalist.com > 12/02/2025 > extending-obamacare-covid-subsidies-will-result-in-employers-dropping-insurance-coverage

Employers Will Drop Coverage If Obamacare Subsidies Are Extended

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (254+ words) However, one major, and overlooked, problem with these subsidies is how they harmed people with employer-sponsored insurance and created large incentives for small employers to not offer health insurance. If you get employer-sponsored insurance, you get a tax advantage because…...

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thefederalist.com > 11/20/2025 > charging-low-income-americans-just-1-monthly-obamacare-premiums-could-save-taxpayers-7-billion-a-year

Raising ‘Free’ Obamacare Premiums To $1 Could Save $7B A Year

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (238+ words) If roughly 1 million people won't even pay $1 per month to enroll in an Exchange plan, what does that say about how Americans view the utility and value of Obamacare? An axiom attributed to libertarian commentator P.J. O'Rourke argues, "If you think…...